Eraser and pencil holder attachment for typewriters



B. LAPIN 1,899,509

ERASER AND PENCIL HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR TYPEWRITERS Feb. 28, 1933.

Filed Aug. 13. 1932 mmvron Patented Feb. 28,, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE BERNARD LAPIN, OI NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEVALOSTMANUI'AG'IUR- ING COMPANY, 01' NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY ERASER AND PENCIL HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR TYPEWRITERS Applicationflledlugust 18, 1982. Serial No. 628,724.

. This invention relates particularly to an eraser and pencil holder tobe removably attached to a typewriter, although the invention isadaptable for holding other articles and for attachment to othersupports than typewriters.

One object of the invention is to provide a holder of the characterdescribed embodying novel and improved features of construction whichshall be small, compact and can be attached to a typewriter in closerelation thereto so as not to project from the machine or cause anobstruction and which shall provide a convenient and easily accessiblesupport and holder for a typewriter eraser and a pencil, whereby thepossibility of loss or misplacement of the eraser and the pencilshall'be greatly reduced and the eraser and pencil shall be alwaysreadily accessible for use.

Another object is to provide such a holder embodying novel and improvedfeatures of construction to support and hold an eraser verticallyedgewise and parallel to one side of the typewriter, so that the erasercan be easily and quickly grasped for use and replaced in the holderexpeditiously and with a natural and easy movement of the operatorshand, whereby the making of erasures shall cause only a minimum ofhindrance in the typewriting operation.

Other objects are to provide a holder of this character which shallcomprise a body having means'at one end for attaching the body to atypewriter, means at the other end for holding a pencil or the like, andmeans intermediate the ends of the body at one side thereof for holdingan eraser or the like, whereby said holder shall be small and compactand can be attached to a frame bar of a typewriter and depend therefromin close relation thereto; to provide such a holder wherein the meansfor attaching the body to a typewriter shall consist of a resilientflange at one end of the body and opposed to one side thereof, and saidpencil-holding means shall comprise a second resilient flange at theother end of the body in opposed relation to the other side thereof,while said eraser-holding means shall comprise a pocket facing towardsaid attaching flange at the same side of said body as saidpencil-holding flange, whereby said holder can be easily and quicklyattached to a typewriter in a conveniently accessible and out-of-the-wayposition with said pocket and said pencil-holding flange facing upwardlyto readily receive an eraser and a pencil, respectively; to provide aneraser and pencil holder attachment for typewriters which shall besimple and inexpensive, reliable and durable in construction andoperation; and to obtain other advantages and results which will bebrought out by the following description. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which corresponding and likeparts are designated throughout the several views by the same referencecharacters,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eraser and pencil holder attachmentfor typewriters embodying my invention, showing it attached to atypewriter which is fragmentarily illustrated;

liigure 2 is a front elevation of the holder, an

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view, on the line 33 ofFigure 2.

bodimentof the invention, the holder comprises a body 1 which ispreferably formed of a single piece of flat or sheet material,preferably resilient, for example metal, hard rubber composition, or thelike. One end portion of the body is provided with means for attachingthe body to the frame of a typewriter, and in the present instance saidmeans is shown as consistingof a flange 2 preferably integral with thebody, which is returned in opposed relation to one side of the body soas to receive the bar A of a typewriter between the flange and the mainportion of the body, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

The other end of the body is provided with means for: holding a pencilor the like B, said means being shown as comprising a second flange 3,preferably integral with the body, which is returned in opposed relationto the other side of the main portion of the body.

Intermediate the ends of the bodyand at over the bar so that sai thesame side thereof as the ncil-holding flange 3, is provided means orholding a typewriter eraser or the like C. In'the present instance, thiseraser-holding means is shown as comprising a pocket 4 the opening ofwhich faces toward the end of the body from which projects the attachingflange 2. This pocket may be formed in any suitable manner, but as shownconsists of a piece of suitable material havin its edges secured to theside of the body, as indicated at 5, for example by an adhesive. Thepocket comprises a front wall 6 and side walls 7, and the rear wall ofthe ocket is formed by the body 1. If desired? the front wall 6 of thepocket may be a proximatelyparallel'to the main portion 0 the body 1 butpreferably flares or is inclined away from the body toward the open endof the pocket, and extends between the body and the pencil-holdingflange 3 from the juncture of said body with said flange and beyond thefree end of said flange so that the holder may be made small and compactand said front wall will resist accidental displacement of a pencil frombetween said wall and said flange. The front wall of the pocket isspaced from the main portion of the body a distance to receive theeraser edgewise and parallel to said main portion, and the pocket is ofsuch depth that the upper edge of the eraser C will normally projectfrom the opening of the pocket so as to be easily accessible.The'inclined outer wall 6 of the pocket causes the eraser to inclineoutwardly from the body to provide a clearance for the fingers of theoperator in gripping the eraser.

. In use of the holder, it is attached to a bar of a typewriter by sliping the flange 2 1 bar is clamped between the flange 2 and the body,and the holder depends from the said bar of the typewriter in closerelation thereto. When the holder is so located, the pocket 4facesupwardly and is disposed approximately parallel to the bar of thetypewriter frame, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and the pocket mareceive the eraser vertically edgewise so t at the eraser can beconveniently inserted in and removed from the pocket with a naturalmotion, whereby the use of the eraser will impede the typewritingoperation at the minimum. The pencil-receiving flange 3 also facesupwardly, and the pencil may be placed in the holder by simply forcingthe pencil between the front wall 6 ofv the pocket and the typewritereraser from catching on the upper edge of the pocket, and also toprovide a clearance for gr1 ping the eraser when the latter has been reuced by use to a small diameter, the upper edge of the front wall 6 of'the pocket may be cut away as indicated at 9.

It will be observed that the holder embodying my invention is small,compact and simple in construction. It can be easily and quickly appliedto and removed from a typewriter frame, and when attached to atypewriter will be arranged in close relation thereto so as to provide aminimum of projection and prevent hindrance to the operator duringoperation of the typewriter. The pocket 4 provides a convenient andaccessible holder for the eraser whereby loss or misplacement of theeraser may be prevented, while the penoil-holding flange 3 provides ameans for preventing loss or misplacement of a pencil and Wlll maintainthe pencil in a conveniently accessible position.

While I have shown and described the invention as embodied in certaindetails of construction, it should be understood that this is pr marilyfor the purpose of illustrating the princlples of the invention, andthat many modifications and changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. device of the character described, comprislng a body of resilientsheet material having means at one side and one end for attachmg thebody to a bar of a typewriter frame, a pocket on the other side of saidbody having an open end facing the first-mentioned end of said body toreceive a typewriter eraser with itsplane approximately parallel to saidbody, and an integral flange at the other end of said body and adjacentthe other end of said pocket returned in opposed relation to andartially overlying said pocket to hold a pencil or the like.

A device of the character described, com- PIlSll'lg a body of sheetmaterial having means for attaching the body to a support in a vertlcalplane, a resilient flange at one end of said body returned in opposedrelation to one slde of said body to hold a pencil or the like, and apocket on the second-mentioned side of the body havin a portion lyingbetween said body and said ange to provide a compact ar-' rangement ofthe parts and having an open end facing away from said flange to receivean eraser, said pocket having a front wall in opposed relation to saidflange inclined outwardly from said body from the juncture of the bodywith said flange to a point beyond the free end of said flange.

BERNARD LAPIN.

